Emmy here, letting you know that I am taking a short blogging break as I make the rounds around the Philadelphia area. Pork roll, crab fries, and cheese steak is all I am thinking of right now. When I come back, I promise you an epic blog post.

After the beach Emmy was supposed to continue on to Philadelphia, but I codnapped her! I thought she might want to be around to help welcome another Bosh baby into the world, so I brought her back with me to the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Before it was baby time, Emmy celebrated the 4th of July with my family :)

The first thing she did was jump right into the pool! She was so happy to spend some time splashing around.

After swimming, she chilled out on the patio and enjoyed the sunshine.

When we told her we were going to be grilling for dinner, she got a little confused. She thought FISH was on the menu.

She was pretty relieved when we told her that she would not be the main course. She celebrated with a beer. Or two. Or three. This cod can drink.

In the evening we brought her to check out the local small town carnival. She watched from afar, but it was so hot she wasn’t interested in getting out of the air conditioned car. This cod might be a little bit of a diva. We convinced her to get out long enough to take a picture.

When we got home Emmy and I had a bit of an argument. She was convinced based on the size and shape of my belly, that I was going to be birthing a baby cod pitcher the next day. I was pretty sure she was wrong, but I took a picture of her with my belly for comparison’s sake.

I’m happy to announce that Emmy was wrong! She was ok with losing that argument too – she was pretty excited to meet Benjamin Bruce when he was born on 7/5 at 7:57 :)

Emmy stayed with us during our hospital stay, and oh boy did she make herself comfortable! First with the baby…

And then without the baby.

Then she kicked me out of my bed!

When I told her she needed to give everyone’s bed back to the rightful occupant, she got mad and stole the blanket.

When we came home from the hospital, things got a little crazy. Emmy was a little afraid that my wild and crazy children were going to cause her some harm. Unfortunately, she might have been right.

Ei yi yi. Did Emmy make it through in tact, or in pieces? Well, she’s finally off to Philly. You’ll have to find out when she makes it :)

Emmy split her time with me in Lancaster, PA. I feel really bad that she didn’t see a single Lancaster sight, but I was so busy with the end of the school year and getting ready for an annual girls trip to the beach, that we didn’t get a lot of time to sightsee.

She did, however, spent time with me during my last days as a Middle School Librarian.

The day she came to school she got to help some 8th graders with a science experiment. They were dropping eggs off of the roof in special contraptions they had made. The eggs weren’t supposed to break. Emmy wanted to try it out, but I wouldn’t let her. She got close…

Finally, I met some fellow Boshers at our annual beach trip in Bethany Beach, DE. Emmy had so much fun with Lerx, Mando, Eminbmore & Erbear.

We hung out, drank some local brew, ate crabs, and spent time on the beach.

Emmy got a little carried away with her crab buddies.

Emmy even met a special celebrity! (And I’m not talking about the Usher look-a-like)

Just to prove how awesome Emmy is, look at how she threw up rainbows!

While I wish Emmy had had a chance to get to know Lancaster County, PA a little better, I’m sure she had a blast spending time with some Bosh Besties and closing up the Library!

Emmy came during a very busy time in life. We were just putting our house on the market and frantically cleaning and preparing for showings. Unfortunately, Emmy got the cold shoulder for awhile. However, this time toughened Emmy up and we both became part of the Fvck around gang. We tried to decide what our gang colors should be….I look better in blue she looks better in pink…what to do, what to do?

After we got done rapping Tupac lyrics, we got down to business! I work from home and could always use some help around “the office”. So, Emmy graciously offered to jump on some conference calls with me.

All work and no play makes Emmy a dull Cod. So, we headed outside with Addie and Jack for some playtime.

He was a little nervous being handled by such young hands; so, to ease his nerves, we packed up and headed to one of the greatest attractions, The King of Prussia Mall! The second largest mall in the country. Surprisingly, they didn’t have a Cod store. L Emmy had the sad; but, still enjoyed the shopping!

Being that I was already on the crap list for holding Emmy all to myself for so long, I had to pack her up and ship her off. She was a little nervous about heading to Jersey next; but, I assured her Angie wasn’t a GTL kinda gal and she’d have fun.